Never too old to learn!

Do you remember  “A Nice Cuppa”?  If not, you can see it here.  They retired the stamp set and dies and those darling embellishments which went with it together with the 6″x 6″ DSP stack and it made me sad because I think here in the UK we are a nation of mostly tea drinkers. […]

Orange Blossom Loveliness

Did you miss this in the Annual Catalogue?  Well I did too, until I realised the orange image in this stamp set complimented the Lemon Zest stamp set and I can visualise that orange becoming a lime in a future project, and somehow, it convinced me that this was a “must have” set too!   […]

Hello Friend and Tree Rings

Good day everyone!  Earlier this July I taught the Faux Handmade Paper technique in one of my classes and I know that not everybody is comfortable with crumpling up a pristine sheet of card stock.  You can pay a fortune for handmade mulberry paper, and you could quite easily create that handmade look at practically […]

Oh So Eclectic – Z fold card

We’ve had a  lot of double “Z” fold cards recently, so I thought I’d go back to just the good old simple single Z fold one for this Fun Friday’s project.  Hope you like it. Did you know that if you click on the pictures, it will take you direct to the item in my […]

Easel card - lemon zest

Easel Card – Lemon Zest Bundle

I love this Easel Card made with the Lemon Zest Bundle. On my Stamp With Elaine facebook page, I’ve started a new segment called Top Tip Tuesday and I hope you’ll help me spread the word and join me for a Tuesday quickie.  I’m still a tad camera shy and haven’t yet made the transition […]

…..and pigs can fly with some garden loveliness!

Happy Sunday you lovely people! Somehow I missed posting this, but it was a technique I used in another post for a Mother’s Day card which you can see here and I adapted it for the little piggy card. Instead of just stamping on the letters, I stamped on the card front and cut out the […]

coffee stick gift packaging

Cute Coffee Stick Packaging

When Stampin’ Up! retired the word window punch, I had to find an alternative.  I tried the Classic Label punch,  but it was too wide for this particular project.    I had a light bulb moment and downsized to a 3/4″ circle punch which works a treat for the coffee sticks.  I also wanted to […]